Asheville Daily Citizen

Is Cleveland to Return Harrison's Favor?

The promotion of Judge J. N. Scott, brother-in-law to President Harrison, to the newly created office of superintendent of construction of public buildings on the Pacific coast has given rise to the rumor that the president will request his successor that Judge Scott be retained in office by the incoming administration. Mr. Cleveland made a similar request four years ago of Mr. Harrison. The former had appointed Benjamin Folsom, Mrs. Cleveland's brother, to the lucrative office of United States consul at Sheffield, England. The salary is $2,500 per annum and perquisites aggregating another $1,000.

When Cleveland retired from office he requested of his successor to retain Folsom in office, and President Harrison evidently considered this proposition in a favorable manner, for the reason that Folsom is about the only Democrat who is holding a consular office of any importance abroad. Another relation of Mr. Cleveland's, a nephew, has held the office of special deputy United States marshal in one of the northwestern states during the last four years.

The salary of the new office held by Judge Scott is nine dollars per day and traveling expenses, all of which is about equivalent to Folsom's remuneration. The duties of the office require constant traveling between cities where public buildings are being constructed. The officer examines the progress of the work and reports to the head office in Washington city.—Cor. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.